Calmage Dy Rev. *rank De Witt Ta' ^ge.D.D. Lo? Angeles. Cul.. Dec. 10. ?That godliness i* profltiib'.e botli in tbi* Mforld nnd the next and Uiat r. brings in its train euduring at and uiatcriaJ a* well :.s splritual ble*s ing is gfeowaj in thls Rermon. for the preinher has tnken as bls text the story of Jo?>;.h ln (Jeuesis xx?ix. 2. "And he waa a proaperous nian." - "Did you ever stop to tbiuk h ow much God appeals to the aelflsh motP the ehildreu of Isruel ln the ? unentY" sald an agod Chrietian soroo time ngo. *i aiu aeariy elgbty of age now, but aiu not too old I the Biblo. Pu a few woeks ago, -witb my daughter. I decld*?d (o start nt the flrst chapter of Qeneais and go atratght through the OW Tcstament. Though I have read the Biule tuuuy times ue fore, I was never struok wlth this fact ao much aa duriug the last reading. All through the Pentabuuh and op to the time of Joshua and the Jodges God keepe saylng: 'Follow me, and 1 wil! increase your tu-rds. Follow mo. and I will g...

*r VOLUMB XV. ?Hfiaini iti^ett 1. Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests ot Lancaster County in Particular; the Northern Neck and Rappahannock Valley in General, and the World at Large. IRVINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1906. NUMBEB 15e TO THE WATERMEN OF VIRGINIA: On January 1st, 1906, the Entire Stock of Struven & Wacker, formerly located at Aliceanna and Chester Sts., Baltimore, but for the past year at 114 S. Frederick St., was Purchased by the undersigned. It is our purpose to carry a complete line of STEAMSHIP, FAGTORY and MACHINISTS' SUPPLIES, SHIP CHANDLERY, WHOLE SALE GROCERIES and FISHER MEN'S and other WATERMENS SUPPLIES. These latter we will give our close - attention. Your orders as well as shipments are solicited, especial atten,tion being given the brokerage business. Respectfully, CHAS. M. STRUVEN, j Trading as CHAS. M. STRUVEN & CO., (Mr. Henry G. Struven will be associated with me.) II4 S. FREDERICK ST., BALTIMORE, MD. ABANAQUE S?5?^SE AEE UNEXCELLE...

Calmage Seriraoti By Rev. Frank DeV/ltt Talmage, D.D. Ixw AaaBjjfa, <ai.. Jaa. 7.?Appro priato for tba aaw year as the season for goud resolutions a'ud "turniug over a new leaf ls this aiBllilaB. the text for which is taken from Acts xvii, 30, "And the times of this ignorauee God wlnked at" Wbat a tremor of exeitement must have stlrred the minds and tbe benrts of his nieu when Iloratio Nelson, tbe celebrated English ndmlral, gave tbe order to clear the guu deek for action - at Trnfalgar! Ab. yes. we can truly say the oue armed naval hero whose body now sleeps in St. Paul's eatbedral by the slde of the Waterloo ebieftaln was uo novice in tbe art of war. Way back in the uprising of tbe American colonlea he fought as a young captain of twenty-one under I.ord Howe. He was in the midst of the Britiah strug glea off Cape Vincent In 170a He waa the commander who daatroyed tba Frencb fleet In the harbor of Abonkir wben Napoleon was making bis Egyp tion eonquests. He waa part of tba navnl...

\ tv#mm ?ili%m k Weekly Journal Devoted lo the Interests ot Lancaster County in Particular; tlie Northern Necfc and Rappahannock Valley in General, ani the World at Large. Volume XV. IRVINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 190G. NUMBEB 16. TO THE WATERMEN OF VIRGINIA: On January 1st, 1906, the Entire Stock of Struven & Wacker, formerly located at Aliceanna and Chester Sts., Baltimore, but for the past year at 114 S. Frederick St., was Purchased by the undersigned. It is our purpose to carry a complete line of STEAMSHIP, FACTORY and MACHINISTS' SUPPLIES, SHIP CHANDLERY, WHOLE SALE GROCERIES and FISHER MEN'S and other WATERMEN'S SUPPLIES. These latter we will give our close attention. Your orders as well as shipments are solicited, especial attention being given the brokerage business. Respectfully, CHAS. M. STRUVE a Trading as CHAS. M, STRUVEN & GO., (Mr. Henry G. Struven will be associated with me.) 114 S. FREDERICK ST., ' BALTIMORE, MD. ABANAQUE SSSSSaS" ARE UNEXCELLED-FOR...

*?' t 'Qtrna tfiitigm 0?"niH?KATIC WEKKLT. [ Ko*ereal t a 1 rviuitt on 1?. O. aa M claaa matter.] 8UB8C -IPTION: $1 ayear.tn advance W. MeDONALl) LEE, Editor. W. R. ROWE. Ovkxck Uanaueb. Fr1#1ay, Janiaary 1 9. lOUO. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Wnile there are several views taken by Governor Montague ia his mes aage with which we do not agree, oo the whcle the message is the best document we have seen issue from hisforceful hand. The word "prog ress" is written over it, and on general principles all good citizens will join in the slogan. Two at least of the many points he raisesare grating to our way of thinking, bnt they ate'stamped preeminently Mon taguistic. His views on semi-compul sory education are not to Virgiuians' liking and will find bat feeble aup? port even among his close friends. The idea of "prolonging the agouy" in the matter of primaries will flnd some supporters, but we mistake the people of Virginia and their law makers if anything tangible is done to perpetuate tbis f...

LOCAL MENTION. Allcommurtcationasbould bc ni Triaaod *?> the ViHuiNiA v'itixkm. Irvlnarton. v?. J. E. Crouch. of Warsaw, dropped in one day last week. W. R. Broaridus and Harry Sanders were in Warsaw this week. Keep your eye on the Legislature by subscribing to the Virginia Crn "Dr." Jno. S. II. Whoallon Tuesday here while on a ti ip Old papers for sale at ihe Citizen office. Miss CUira V. Wiid'.v :^ Vt Miss Orah Lee Doggett. at Wooins. this week. Miss Addie Garner returned last Saturday from a three weeks' visit in Baltimore. Clifford Kirkmyer left Tuesday night to resume his studies at William ? Mary College. _ Don't forget district Anti-Saloon meet? ing next Tuesday aftern. on at White Stone Baptist church. Epworth laBBgllli S tonight ia postponed one week 01 nt of another entertainmeat. Sam Smith, of Baltimore, arrived Wednesday for short stay with his brother, Geo. StC. Smith. Turn out to the entcrtainrmmt to-night (Friday) at the Opera House. For benefit Weems church work. ...

Calmage Ser.T.or. By Rev. Prank De Witt Talmace. D.D. Ix>s BBJBJaaa, Cal.. Jan. 14. ? Tbat Mormonism eaaatltttlaa :i real danger to the repuldie aad that it is a giowing ratber than a decreaattf p*_il is kIiowd in this sernion. tho text for whicb tbe praacher takes from Isaiab lii, l), "Tbey declare tbelr sin as Sodom; tbey hide lt not." The study of tlie lives of great meu bas always l>eoii wltb me a passion. Next to reading tbe works of the great autbors and the si>eeches of tbe great orators I have always had a longiug to know bow these leadera of thought looked aud llved and acted ln tbeir public and private llves. Thus as a young man when I had the opportunlty of ontortaining ln our bome Dr. Byron Sunderlaud, wbo was to preacb in the Brooklyn tuberuacle a eouple of Suu days, I Uterally puinped the okl inau dry of all bla remiuiseencea. Great was his well of information and oW soual experlences. Dr. Byron Sunderland for nearly half a eentury had been a resident of WaRhi...